French Explorers

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Across
  1. 3. The tribe that Nicolet hoped would show him the way to China.
  2. 4. An explorer who wanted to find a water route that went all the way to China.
  3. 7. An expert map maker who was sent to find out where the Mississippi River led.
  4. 10. The French wanted to build this so they could control as much land as they could.
  5. 11. Great Britain already had these along the coast.
  6. 12. What Nicolet and his friends paddled across Lake Michigan.
Down
  1. 1. Joliet and Marquette followed this major river that flows all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
  2. 2. A Catholic priest from Canada who traveled with Joliet.
  3. 5. Possibly the first white man to see Wisconsin.
  4. 6. How to carry your boat when you can't go any farther.
  5. 8. Bay Where the French built their first trading post (and the Packers play!)
  6. 9. European explorers had to cross this ocean to get to the New World.
  7. 11. What the French had to carry along with their boats until they got to the Wisconsin River.